Tradición y modernidad en la producción infantil de Vsévolod Garshin: una lectura de La rana viajera como antifábula
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Ortiz Ballesteros, Antonia María
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Journal article
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Spanish; Castilian
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text (article)
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2023
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Álabe: Revista de Investigación sobre Lectura y Escritura ISSN 2171-9624 Nº. 27, 2023, pags. 21-42
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This paper aims to reclaim the children's literature production of the Ukrainian writer Vsévolod Garshin (1855-1888) and assess its possible anticipation of the genre known as anti-fables, new fables or refables. Garshin is a Russian literary author widely recognized in Europe, but little known in Spain. The first part of this paper presents some data on his life and work, later focusing on his stories for children. Subsequently, this presentation defines the concept of anti-fableand the consolidation of this genre in the Hispanic sphere. The last sections analyze Garshin's most famous story, The Traveling Frog, to show how it fits into the fabulist tradition and whether it includes one or more of the features that characterize anti-fables. Garshin's innovations are contrasted with those recognized in Ambrose Bierce's postmodern fable for adults. The conclusion is that Garshin was ahead of the current concept of children's literature and the anti-fable genre